2016 Risk Course Book

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Aftermath

 A GE technician was found guilty of criminal negligence in a Spanish court for his role in what experts are calling the world’s worst radiation therapy accident, in which 27 patients allegedly received overdoses from a malfunctioning radiation machine at a hospital in Zaragoza, Spain during a 10-day period in December 1990.

 A Zaragoza judge handed down the decision in April, determining that the overdoses resulted in 20 deaths and seven serious injuries.

 According to GE, the court found both the company’s service technician, and GE-CGR España civilly liable for the $3.7 million award to the accident victims. Although the technician was found guilty of criminal negligence, GE-CGR España was not the subject to any criminal charges.

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2016-10-05

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